
Berserk
- Genre: action adventure award winning drama fantasy horror supernatural
- Author: miura kentarou studio gaga
- Artist(s):
- Year: Aug 25, 1989 to ?
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- Status: Publishing
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Casca
Main
Casca was the only female soldier in the original Band of the Hawk and is behind only to Guts and Griffith in swordsmanship. Her ambivalent relationship to both of them makes her moody and capricious. Casca joins the Band of the Hawk after Griffith saves ...
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De Vandimion Farnese
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Farnese is a noblewoman who led the Holy Sees ceremonial guard, the Holy Iron Chain Knights. Since this position has been traditionally held by a woman, Farnese was appointed during her stay at the convent she was sent to by her father, Federico Vandimion...
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Griffith
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Eye color: BlueHair color: SilverHeight: 178 cm (510")Weight: 66 kg (145 lbs)Fighting style: SwordsmanshipStrengths: Charisma, Leadership of humanity and demonkind, Nigh-absoluteness against mortal opposition, Spatial manipulation, Causal awarenessGriffit...
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Guts
Main
Eyes: brownHair: blackWhite stripe above right eye after using the Berserker armorHeight: 190cm (63") 204cm (68") post volume 26Weight: 115kg (254lbs) post volume 26Guts is the protagonist of the story. He is a tall, muscular man with a huge sword called ...
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Isidro
Main
A runaway brat turned thief, Isidro dreams of becoming a great swordsman, which made him tag along with Guts. Despite his lack of strength and skill, he utilizes his small size and agility to his advantage, along with various tricks and tools. He has a gr...
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Puck
Main
A wind spirit from Elfhelm, a utopia on the island Skellig in the Western Sea. Elves in Berserk can only be seen by the open-minded; the devoutly religious cannot see Puck at all, though he can play with their face unbeknownst to them. Puck can secrete a ...
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Schierke
Main
Schierke is a young witch-in-training, a disciple of the witch Flora. She is accompanied by an elf, Evarella. She aided Gutss group with a troll infestation in the nearby village Enoch, where she showed how powerful magic can be in Berserk.After a series ...
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Serpico
Main
Serpico is Farneses companion and unbeknownst to her, her paternal half-brother. During his time with the Holy See, Serpico was Herald for the Holy Iron Chain Knights.When aggressive, Serpico belies his meek appearance and is comparable to a fox due to hi...
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Adolf
Supporting
Adolf is a priest and the father of Collette.Adolf is a very generous man with a good heart, and a caring father. He is a pacifist and very religious, believing violence should be avoided at all costs.(Source: Berserk Wikia)...
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Azan
Supporting
Once a member of the Holy Iron Chain Knights, Azan is a chivalrous and religious knight, but eventually left the Holy Knights and became a wandering Knight. After ending up on the same ship as Guts and company, he has even helped Isidro in his training....
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Bazuso
Supporting
Bazuso was widely known and feared, and was one of the earliest adversaries faced by the young Guts. He is also the main reason of why Griffith took notice of Guts.(Source: Berserk Wikia)...
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Beast Of Darkness
Supporting
The Beast of Darkness (also known as the Hellhound by fans) is a creature which sometimes appears to Guts, taunting him, questioning the morality of his quest for revenge, and urging him to commit ever-greater atrocities, most notably attempting to convin...
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Bonebeard
Supporting
Bonebeard was the captain of the pirate crew that Isidro and Mule Wolflame were forced to fight to save Schierke and Sonia. The ship he captained was called the Captain Sharkrider. After the Great Roar of the Astral World, Bonebeard ended up being devoure...
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Chicchi
Supporting
Chicchi is the first Spirit Guts encounters as a young man and consequently, his first encounter with the supernatural. Chicchi is a Spirit of a flower in a small prison, and was always alone until she met Guts. It is never revealed if she was part of a d...
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Coborlwitz Adon
Supporting
He is General of the Blue Whale Knights. Adons resilience and extended speeches are legendary. He also possesses a wide array of ancient techniques passed down through generations of the Coborlwitz family, which helped him surviving several battles with t...
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Conrad
Supporting
Conrad is the giant worm like member of the Godhand. His first appearance is in the eclipse along with the rest of the Godhand, and he is seen as having eyes that do not open, a mouth that doesnt close and hands that are stuck together....
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Corkus
Supporting
A loud-mouthed ex-thief. Corkus was fond of delusions of grandeur and constantly at odds with Guts. He was the leader of his own band of thieves before he joined the old Band of the Hawk. Despite his unappealing nature, he was one of the most loyal member...
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Dhaiva
Supporting
Dhaiva is a powerful Kushan sorcerer, able to summon mystical creatures, such as Kundalini with brief, almost silent, incantations, and erect powerful barriers. He is a close adviser of Emperor Ganishka, and commander of his Pishacha forces. His attire is...
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Donovan
Supporting
Donovan was a large, muscular man with dark skin and a bald head, with a scar running through his left eye. He had a very stout build and broad shoulders, with large hands and long legs.Donovan was arrogant and did not hesitate to kill enemies fleeing fro...
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Egg Of The Perfect World
Supporting
An deformed outcast who became an Apostle and watched over the city of Albion.Despite his crushing loneliness and overall miserable life, he sought to fix the problems of the world he had observed and thus, create a "perfect world"; for this desire, he be...
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Emperor Ganishka
Supporting
The Emperor of the Kushans, Ganishka is an Apostle who defies the Hawk, and plans on defeating him and conquering the world with his familiars and demons. He can manifest himself in mist and wields powerful dark magic and is known often called the Emperor...
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Erica
Supporting
Adopted daughter of Godo.Was in a wagon been chased by trolls when the Band of the Hawk and Irvine saved her....
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Evarella
Supporting
Schierkes Elf companion, Evarella is quick to join Puck and Isidros comedy sessions, but also has a great understanding of magic, although it seems to be on the theoretical stage only....
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Flora
Supporting
Flora is Schierkes mistress, who taught her in the arts of magic and Od (spirit energy, life force, etc.) In addition to being a powerful witch of indeterminate age, she is an old friend of the Skull Knight, whom she sees as "still having a human h...
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Foss
Supporting
Minister Foss is a master of court intrigue. He conceived 2 plots in an attempt to kill Griffith. ...
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Gambino
Supporting
Guts father and leader of a mercenary band. Gambino trained Guts to be a mercenary like himself and even gave Guts his first scar (across his nose) during a practice fight. Gambino sold Guts as a sex slave one night to Donovan, a pedophile soldier, who an...
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Gaston
Supporting
Gaston is the coolest non-commanding soldier in the hawks, and Gutss drinking buddy. He is basically Gutss right hand when it came to the strike team which he led.Out of all the soldiers who died during the Eclipse he managed to survive the longest, meeti...
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General Boscogne
Supporting
Boscogne is the ultra powerful commanding officer of Tudas most powerful force, the Purple Rhinos. He is politically bound to take orders from Lord Gennon....
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Grunbeld
Supporting
A member of the reformed Band of the Hawk, and an exceedingly strong apostle. He is a giant, red-haired man in scale plate armour that resembles a dragon. Armed with a warhammer and a cannon hidden in his shield, he is renowned as a famous war veteran in ...
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Hanafubuku
Supporting
Sovereign Hanafubuku is the monarch of the elves of the island of Skellig.(Source: Berserk Wikia)...
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Irvine
Supporting
Irvine is a prominent archer in the new Band of the Hawks. He has never spoken to anyone on page but Sonia. His eyes have neither pupils nor irises. A self-described hunter and loner, he prefers to camp out in the woods whilst indulging in his only known ...
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Isma
Supporting
Isma is a young fishing girl who lives by the outskirts of the village on an island that holds the Sea God.Isma has short hair with long bangs that will cover half her face at times. Her eyes are much rounder that that of and average person and has a few ...
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Jill
Supporting
Jill is a quiet, sensitive girl who lives in a village (which at the time that Guts and Puck arrive) is being plagued by violent attacks from fairies. Her father, Mr. Zepek, is a reminiscent drunk, who basks in the memory of his former days in the militar...
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Judeau
Supporting
The old Band of the Hawks friendly mediator. A former circus performer who wielded throwing knives, Judeau was also well-aware of the world around him and was seen as a confidant for many of The Hawks. Throughout his stay with the Band of the Hawk, he was...
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Julius
Main
Prince Julius appears out of nowhere as the Kings stepson, and thus Ludwigs stepbrother. This is, however, a mere hoax plotted by his "mother" Petronella, a witch craving for the title of queen. Mistaking Amalberga for Ludwig, he bears an extreme hatred t...
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King Of Midland
Supporting
The King of Midland is the one most responsible for Griffiths ascension to power. He is the ruler of Midland, and father to Princess Charlotte. During an almost lost battle, the King of Midlands army is saved by the Band of the Hawk. He took an immediate ...
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Locus
Supporting
Leader of the new Band of the Hawks demon lancer squad, Locus would be a true stereotype of a proud knight, were it not for his demonic power. With a lance that seemingly bends to home in on its target, he can nail through dozens of heads in one thrust. I...
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Lord Gennon
Supporting
Lord Gennon is a high-ranking noble in Chuder. During the early days of the Band of the Hawk, he hired them for a number of jobs. A notorious pedophile, he developed an attraction for Griffith, which culminated when Griffith agreed to sleep with him in ex...
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Luca
Supporting
Luca is the leader of a band of prostitutes at Albion. Red-haired and fiercely loyal to her charges, she is romantically linked to the Holy Iron Chain Knight Jerome. When Jerome gave her a necklace of pearls, she divided them evenly among her girls, belie...
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Martino
Supporting
A crafty old mercenary met by Guts after a defeat on the battlefield. Kind and wise, he created an opening for Guts to escape their guards, but in fact, he used him as a bait for his own escape....
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Moonlight Boy
Supporting
Along the sea shore, Guts' party came across a young male child who not only looks similar to Guts and Casca but shows an attraction to both of them. When Guts began to be consumed by the Berserker Armor during a fight with Ganishka's monsters, the boy wa...
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Mozgus
Supporting
Mozgus is one of the chief Inquisitors of the Holy See, traveling the world with his group of torturers, sent to root out a violent cult of heretics in the city of St. Albion. He is the main antagonist in the Tower of Conviction, hindering with his excess...
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Nina
Supporting
A young, reckless prostitute. Nina is a member of Lucas group of travelling prostitutes. During her time at Albion, she dated Joachim, a young refugee. At one time she was a member of a heretic cult group, who held orgies in a cave, worshipping the Goddes...
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Nosferatu Zodd
Supporting
Also known as Nosferatu Zodd, or Zodd the Immortal, an apostle who has lived for three centuries fighting countless battles in search of worthy opponents. Zodd has the ability to transform from his human-like form into a more menacing creature, resembling...
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Of Staufen Roderick
Supporting
Roderick of Staufen, the third prince of the island nation Eath is the childhood friend of Magnifico and the fiancé of Farnese.As a sailor, he sees vast potential in the exploration of the seas, unlike his peers, who focus internally to the point of stagn...
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Owen
Supporting
Oowen is of similar rank to that of Laban, and he also shares the equal amount of respect for Griffith. Together, they are the most humanitarian among Midlands nobles. He is also person in charge of the falconian palace guard.(Source: Berserk Wikia)...
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Pippin
Supporting
A massive dark-skinned man who wielded an equally massive mace. A former miner, Pippin lent his strength to the old Band of the Hawk. He was often associated with Rickert, who he seemed to share a big-brother relationship with. A man of few words.He died ...
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Pontiff
Supporting
The Pontiff is the current head of the Holy See. He harbors a fanatical devotion to Griffith. Despite being of an old age, the Pontiff refuses to die until he crowns Griffith as the king of Midland and oversees his marriage to queen Charlotte....
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Queen Of Midland
Supporting
The queen is Charlotte's step mother. She disapproves of Charlotte's interest in Griffith....
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Raban
Supporting
Raban was a high-ranking noble in Midlands Court. During the One Hundred Year War, Laban was a general for Midland and put great faith in Griffiths abilities.Since the downfall of Midland, he has joined the resistance with Minister Foss against the Kushan...
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Rakshas
Supporting
Once a member of the Bākiraka Clan, Rakshas now supposedly serve the new Band of the Hawk. His entire body is covered by a black cloak and a mask, which seems to appear and disappear like a shadow....
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Rhody Windam Charlotte Beatrix Marie
Supporting
Formerly the princess of Midland, Charlotte fell in love with Griffith almost at first sight. After Guts defeated Griffith in their duel, Griffith slept with Charlotte and was imprisoned and tortured for a year as a result. During that time, Charlotte con...
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Rickert
Supporting
Rickert was the youngest in the old Band of the Hawk, being merely a child. Now, he is one of the few surviving members of the original Band of the Hawk. After the Eclipse (which he wasnt present at), he lived with Godo, the smith who created Guts Dragon ...
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Rosine
Supporting
Rosine is a female apostle who sacrificed her parents to obtain the form of a female elf with the wings and antennae of a luna moth, as well as a small pair of moth-like limbs near her hips and a 'helmet' similar to the head of a luna moth. Her motivation...
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Shisu
Supporting
Shisu was Gambino's lover and the adopted mother of Guts. Shisu first encountered the recently born Guts who was underneath a withered tree of hanged bodies, covered in blood and mire. She took him in as her own to console her recent miscarriage. Although...
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Silat
Supporting
The Prince of the exiled Bākiraka Clan, Silat serves Emperor Ganishka, hoping to restore the honor of his exiled clan. While only a human, Silat is still a powerful fighter and employs agility and acrobatic skills as well as various exotic weapons. Howeve...
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Slan
Supporting
Slan is the only member of Godhand that isnt repulsive, but her beauty is the only nice thing about her. As Guts is fighting the monsters off she actually laughs at how hard hes trying and that his fight is the ultimate in futility. She is the first of t...
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Sonia
Supporting
Sonia is part of Griffiths reformed Band of the Hawk and is extremely devout in her admiration of him. Her parents were killed when Kushans came to her village. She was held prisoner by them until Griffith, with his apostles, rescued her and others in an ...
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The Count
Supporting
The count was once a strong war general and ruled his kingdom fairly, but after he found his wife in a large pagan orgy, he sacrificed her and became an Apostle of the God Hand. Afterwards, his kingdom was enveloped in darkness. The one light left in his ...
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The Skull Knight
Supporting
The Skull Knight is one of the most mysterious and prolific characters introduced in Berserk, a towering warrior dressed in full armor whose ornaments, especially his helmet, are shaped as parts of a human skeleton, hence his moniker, who rides a massive,...
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Theresia
Supporting
The Counts young daughter. Shes been kept locked in her own room by her father for seven years....
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Ubik
Supporting
Ubiks design is directly based upon one of the Hellraiser Cenobite characters. He is also one of the Godhand, and thus extremely mysterious. He has the voice of an old man, and together with Conrad he shows Griffith a glimpse into his past so that he can ...
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Vargas
Supporting
Vargas was once the Count's doctor, but when his master became an Apostle, Vargas was one of the first to see his true form. After witnessing horror after horror, Vargas attempted to flee the castle with his wife and two sons. However, members of the Coun...
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Void
Supporting
A member of the God Hand with a large, exposed brain, eyes stitched shut and lips peeled back. Void is the one who brands the sacrifices made by tortured souls in order for them to become apostles and achieve their dream....
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Wolflame Mule
Supporting
One of the leftovers of Midlands army, Mule was caught by Griffiths aura and joined the new Band of the Hawk along with his fellow soldiers. Seems to be a guardian of sorts for Sonia, who refers to him as "The Duck Prince"....
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Wyald
Supporting
A notorious Apostle and leader of the tyrannical Black Dog Knights, a band of criminals and rapists. After the Bakiraka's failure, the brutal strength of Wyald was the last weapon for the King to send after Griffith and the Hawks.(Source: Skullknight.net)...
















































































